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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. ROOD, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,544, dated October8, 1889.

' Application filed May 3,1889. flerialNo. 309,427. (NomocleL) .To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM 0. Root, of Quincy, in the county of Adamsand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Show-Case, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a show-case designed more particularly foradvantageously exhibiting small articles and for facilitating thehandling or selection of the same; and to this end my inventionconsists, principally, of a show-case in which is combined a pivoted 1and swinging frame, on which the articles shown clearly in the drawings.

placed in the case are held.

The invention also consists in making this swinging frame curved orcircular at its outer surface, or triangular in cross-section, it maybe, to hold the goods advantageously up to view.

The invention also consists in the special construction of the case, ashereinafter claimed; in the combination, with the main and pivotedframe, of an alarm; in the combination, with the main casing, of aplacardholder, and in the combination, with the main frame and thepivoted frame, of a receptacle placed within the latter, all ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new show-case. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same Fig. 3is a transverse sectionalelevation on line a: m of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofone of the placard-holders. I

The main casing of my new show-case comprises the base-board A,triangular or quadrant shaped end pieces B B, and the curved glass front0. The pivoted casing, held withinthe main casing on pivot-pins a a, iscomposed of the quadrant or triangular end pieces I) b and the curvedsupport 0, secured to the edges of the end pieces I) b. The goods to beexhibited are to be placed upon the support 0, and to hold them in placeI provide the support with the ledges f, as To the back of the pivotedframe is secured the flange or board 9, which closes the space betweenthe glass and the top of the support 0, and this flange is aboutone-half the width of the end pieces Z7, and in the interior space ofthe pivoted frame inclosed by the end pieces 17 b and support 0 isplaced the drawer D,which may be drawn out below the lower edge of theflange g. When the pivoted frame is supplied with goods and closed, itholds the goods in inclined position and in close proximity to the glass0, and to open the frame it has simply to be swung back to the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, when all of the goods in the case,except what may be in the drawer D, are brought out for convenientselection. When swung out a certain distance, the pivoted frame isresisted by the spring-arm h, secured in the base A, against which armthe stud a, secured to the pivoted casing, strikes, so that the framecannot be turned back too far, and when released the spring It serves toautomatically close the frame. Upon the base A is secured the gong orbell E and'a spring bell-hammer E, arranged over the bell, with its endin line with a stud E on the support a, so that when the said support isopened the hammer will be drawn up and released and will strike thebell, thus giving an alarm every time the case is opened.

At its top the main frame is provided with the arms H H for holding thesign or placard J. These arms are made of rods of iron or other metal ofsuitable size bent in the center to form the loop is, then bent downwardto form the side pieces H, and then bent back and downward to form thepoints 4% to enter the. top of the case, as shown.

Having thus described my inventiom, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-= 1. A show-case constructed substantiallyas herein shown and described, the same consisting of a main framehaving a sloping glass front, in combination with an innertriangularframe pivoted at the angle near the base of the main frame and providedwith supports for goods and adapted to swing back out of the main frame,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The main frame having triangular end pieces and sloping glass front,in combination with an inner triangular frame having a curved supportprovided with ledges to retain 4. The main casing provided with a gongor bell, and the inner pivoted frame provided with a hammer arranged tocause the gong I 5 to be struck as the pivoted frame is opened,substantially as described.

WILLIAM C. ROOD.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH SIMONS, JOSEPH L. MILLER.

